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To the Homeseeker: 

This pamphlet is intended for the intelligent progressive home- 
seeker, who, more or less dissatisfied, desires his new home to be 
surrounded by a bounteous nature and yet not be deprived or have 
his family deprived of the advantages of an advanced civilization. 
Such is the section to which we invite the homeseeker's attention. 

Joseph E. Wing, a practical agriculturist, stock-man and writer, 
well known throughout the agricultural world, recently wrote, after 
an extensive trip throughout the United States, "In all the long 
journey I have made, I have never seen anything that seems to me to 
have the natural advantages for human life and occupation that the 
Palouse country has. It seems to me that there is the best place to 
build a stock farm that I have seen on this trip. I never saw land too 
good for good stock. I was under a cloud while here, sick, tired and 
worried, yet it could not dim my enthusiasm for the glorious land. 
Happy is the man born in these fertile hills, if he is alive to his glo- 
rious opportunities." 

Prof. Mark W. Harrington, for many years at the head of the 
Weather Bureau of the Agricultural Department, at Washington, D. 
C, recently wrote, "While there we estimated what population the 
Palouse countr}' was able to maintain. Our conclusion was that one 
hundred times as many people could be supported by its soil as now 
live there. The area is a little less than that of Massachusetts and 
the population might be greater than that of Massachusetts and all 
be supported by the soil. There are no trees or rocks to be removed. 
Put in the plow and then plant the seed." 

The opportunity here for successful diversified farming is not 
surpassed by an}- section in the United States; we make no exceptions. 
If the reader is a farmer, he can surround himself here, at a small 
cost, with fields of great productiveness. If he is a dissatisfied busi- 
ness man, let him examine our "want" column. There are opportu- 
nities here promising sure success. It has been thoroughly demon- 
strated that stock raising, dairying, poultry raising, fruit culture and 
diversified farming can be conducted here hy men of ordinary intelli- 
gence and energy with no excuse for failure. Stud}^ the map at the 
back of this pamphlet, note our shipping facilities, and how we are 
surrounded by great mining centers, affording right at home a steady 
and ever increasing market. We ask your careful perusal of this 
pamphlet. For any other information you may desire, feel at liberty 
to write freely to 

THE PULLMAN COMMERCIAL CLUB. 
* W. H. Harvky, President. 

E. vS. BuRGAN, Secretary, 

fTlie views in this pamphlet arv.* from photos In- Burns, Pullman, Wash.) 



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.hid tJiC Famous Paloiise Cuiinlrv 



AGRICULTURE 

IN TlIK VICINITY Ol' 

PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. 



The State as a Whole. 

In ordhr to convey a comprehensive idea of agriculture in the state 

it may be stated that Washington is divided into three very distinct 

Tf> D' agricultural sections. That portion lying west of the 

Cascade mountains is characterized by a rainfall of 40 to 

tinct oections ^^ inches, and is covered by timber, mostly evergreens. 

About 300,000 acres of the land is in cultivation, devoted mostly to fruit, 

dairying and vegetable gardening. Oats is the only important grain 

crop, and timothy and red clover are the principal hay crop. There 

-,, are homes in Western Washington for thousands of men 

who are willing to clear the land. The expense of 

west i>iae clearing varies from about 130 per acre where the timber 

is lightest to $150 where the tim1)er is heavy. 

The other two sections lie east of the Cascades. The one consists 

of valley lands adjacent the rivers in central Washington, with light, 

—., . ^ J sandv soils, and a rainfall of 6 to 10 inches, crops being 
The Irrigated ' ' , . . . „, • ,-,, -j 

grown only under irrigation. There is still a consider- 

District. ,^y^^ ^^^^ ^^ \2in(i capable of being irrigated when cap- 
italists are willing to furnish the money necessary to build ditches. 
There is also some unoccupied land under existing ditches. The total 
area under irrigation in the state is about 150,000 acres. The prin- 
cipal crops are fruit and alfalfa. 

_, _, , The remaining section consists of upland prairies where 

The Palouse , • ,- ,1 - «- • . . 1 4-1 .• • 

the rainfall is sufficient to produce crops without irriga- 

Country. ^-^j^ Wheat is the leading croj) in this section, there 
being about 2,000,000 acres of wheat grown annually. In order to 
give a clear idea of the part of the state under consideration, it is 
r W ti necessary to refer to the rainfall map .iccompanying this 
article. It will there be seen that in the central part of 
out Irrigation. ^^^^ state lies a large area having an average annual rain- 
fall of less than 10 inches. The irrigated section lies within this area. 



Pullman , Washin^lon 



Such parts of it as are not irrigated are covere I with a sparse growth 
of bunch grass upon which sheep, horses an 1 cattle are grazed. The 
wheat growing section lies on the outside of this area, 
principally to the east of it, the only important wheat 
growing areas west of the dry region being i:i western Klickitat and 
western Douglas count}'. On both sides of the dry region the rainfall 
increases toward the Cascade Mountains on tlie west, and the Moun- 
tains of Idaho on the east. The most extensive area of cultivated land 




Harvest Scene near Pullman. 



in the state lies between the Idaho line and the lo-in. rainfall line 
west of it. It stretches in a broad belt from the Spokane River on the 
north, to and across the Snake River, skirting around the base of the 
Blue Mountains in Southeastern Washington to Walla Walla. Between 
the ID and 15-inch rainfall lines the land is partly farmed and partU' 
grazed, the rainfall being near the lower limit of the amount required 
for successful agriculture. East of the 20-inch rainfall line, crops have 
never been known to fail. 

By consulting the rainfall map it will be seen that Pullman is situ- 



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Pullman, Jf 'asliimrton 



ated in the heart of the district having a rainfall of 20 to 25 inches. 
(The average rainfall here for seven years past is 22.41 inches). It is 
therefore centrally located in one of the best agricultural districts of 
the state. 

Why There is Room for Immigration Here* 

This being a prairie country, and having soil of great fertility, it 
was naturally taken up early. As wheat raising proved to be the 
most remunerative type of farming when railroads first penetrated this 




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Heading Grain near Pullman 

section, one man could farm a large area of it; the result was that set- 
tlers with considerable business acumen kept buying their neighbors* 
claims until the country consisted of very large farms, frequently sev- 
eral thousand acres belonging to one man. Wheat growing proved so 
successful that farmers devoted themselves exclusively to the one crop, 
a system of farming that is fraught with grave dangers in any country. 
P ^ Now that the growth of our cities, the development of 

mines and manufactures has made a demand for more 



Diversifying. 



livestock ])roducts than the country can supply, and thus. 



And the Fanwusi Palouse Country 



made livestock farming more profitable than exclusive wheat grow- 
ing, the farmers are beginning to learn that they can not handle 
p. rp such large areas to advantage, because they have not 

the amount of livestock required. The result is that 
" * improved agricultural land, as good as can be found in 

any Eastern state, can be bought for $15 to $25 an acre, and occas- 
ionally for even less than this. This is improved land that is all in 
cultivation, there being practically no waste land. 




Coinl iiied Header and Thresher in Operation near Pullnian. 



Character of the Soil. 

In a former geological age this whole region was covered with 
■molten lava several thousand feet deep. The lava rocks which every- 
where underlie the surface at a depth of fifty to a hundred feet or 
more, are arranged in layers, and appear at the surface only on the 
sides of canyons. The soil has l)een formed by the disintegration of 
the surface of this lava, and it has a texture wholly different from any 
soil the writer ever saw east of the Rocky Mountains. There is ab- 



Pullman^ Washington 



solutely no gravel in it, clear down to the rock. It absorbs water more 
rapidly, and holds more of it than any other soil known except peat. 
Although the country is rolling, such a thing as washing of the soil is 
unknown except occasionally where one sees small rill marks on hill- 
sides that have been plowed and left bare in winter. The rains, which 
practically all fall between September and June, are never torrential 
in character like those of the Eastern states, and the water is absorbed 
by the soil as it falls. The rains penetrate the soil to a depth Varj-ing 
from eight to fifteen feet in the vicinity of Pullman, except in the 




Threshing on a Palouse Farm. 

draws, where it goes much deeper. It remains in this surface layer of 
soil till removed by plant roots the next spring and summer. Occas- 
ionally a field of grain has been sown after the spring rains were over, 
and a fair crop grown with no other moisture than that stored up in 
the soil at the time the seed was planted. There is certainly^no ex- 
tensive area of land in the world that will hold water more tenaciously, 
or in larger quantity, than the basaltic soils of this region. The 
abundant crops grown here with practically no rain after the first of 
July render this fact evident. 



A)id the Fa)?iOHS Paiouse Cou?tirv 



Climate. 

The climate of all that region west of the Rocky Mountains is char- 
acterized by wet winters and dry summers. Where the soil is sandy, 
as along river bottoms, irrigation is necessary for crop growing. But 
on the basaltic (lava;^ soils of the upland prairies of Eastern Washing- 
ton, lo inches of rainfall will produce fair crops, if a fair share of it 
falls in April, May or June. Where the rainfall is 20 inches or more 
on this basaltic soil, there has never been a crop failure, 
v-rop ^ettam. ^^^^ irrigation is unthought of. Crops here are ' 'grown 
by irritation, and not by irrigation." 




Overflow frcm Warehouse at Pullman. 

We have already referred to the rainfall map, which shows the av- 
erage annual rainfall for the whole state. 

_j One thing which it is difficult for Eastern people to be- 

lieve about this country is the absence of dangerous 
Tornadoes, storms. There is no record or a tornado west of the 
Rocky Mountains. Lightning is so rare as to cause general comment 



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when it does occur. I have never seen a lightning rod or a lightning 
rod agent west of the Rockies. 

The average annual temperature varies considerably in this state> 
owing to difference in elevation, it being about one degree cooler for 
-,, each 300 feet above sea level. The coldest temperature 

recorded here in seven years was 19 degrees below zero. 
1 emperattire ^y^ usually have two or three short periods each winter, 
from two to five days long, when the temperature goes down to about 
zero. These cold spells always occur just after a period of snow-fall; 




Overflow from Warehouse at rullinan. 



but the cold spell itself is always accompanied by clear skies and calm 
weather. The remainder of the winter season is a mixture of light 
rain and beautiful sunshiny weather. 

Occasionally in sunnner we have a period of a few days, and some 
years for a few weeks, of rather warm weather, but the nights are 
invariably cool. The reni:iinder of the summer the weather is ideal. 
No climate in the world has more beautiful weather than a good por- 
tion of the early summer and earlv fall here. 



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Mr. Jos. E. Wing, the well-known correspondent of the lirecder's 
Gazette, of Chicago, in writing his paper concerning the climate here, 
says: "And the climate! The morning and evening air 
Ideal Climate. -^ j-j,^ ^^^e. At midday it is only comfortably warm to 
me. It is a land where you will ride in comfort with a light top coat 
on in midsummer. If you happen not to have one you will get along 
just as well. At night you creep between two blankets, and your 
troubles find you not until morning." 




Loading Fruit on Snake River Steamer, 17 miles from rullman. 

In some of the low valleys of Eastern Washington, the temperature 
in summer sometimes rises somewhat higher, but there has 
never been a case of sunstroke in the Palouse country. The extreme 
dryness of the air in warm weather undoubtedly accounts for this fact. 

Farming:^ and its Results. 

The earliest settlers came into this country about 30 years ago. Of 
the crops first grown, wheat proved the most remunerative, and the 
yield being so large, wheat raising became almost the exclusive feature 



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of farming. Authentic records exist of yields of over 60 bushels per 
acre, without fertilizers of any kind. The average yield 
L-rop Yieios. -g j^^j. ^j^j, large by any means, but this shows w^iat the 
soil is capable of in a goo:l season. We have farmers here who get 40 
bushels per acre right along. No soil in the world laughs louder when 
it is tickled than the Palouse country soil. The 40-bushel farmer is 
the man who studies his business, reads good agricultural literature^ 
gets the free bulletins from the State Experiment Station, visits the 
Station farm when he is in Pullman, attends the farmers' institutes,. 




Kxhibit from Kxperiment Station Farm, Pullman, at Spokane Exposition, 
keeps livestock, and is not afraid to think and work too. 

Wheat raising has been so nearly universal that most farmers do not 
yet know what other crops can be grown here. The State Experi- 
ment Station has geen growing everything it could hear of during the 
Alt r* A P^^^ eight years, and many progressive farmers have 
grown other things than wheat, so that we know that 

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* many other crops do just as well as wheat. In fact, we 

can grow anything that grows in Wisconsin and Southern Minnesota. 



A)id the: J'amous Palousc Country 







P , J Crops that do just as 

well as wheat are: 
Vegetables. ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^, ^ ^^^^^^ 

rye, flax, sugar beets, rape, ruta- 
bagas, mangel wurzels, potatoes 
and pease. We challenge the world 
to grow better winter apples, and 
any small fruits, than we grow in 
the vicinity of Pullman. 

Grasses and Forage Plants. 

On low lands, and on all lands 
except the dryest south hillsides, 
timothy and clover grow abundant- 
ly in the vicinity of Pullman, and 
yield 2 to 3>4 tons of hay per 
acre according to location and 
treatment of the soil. On drier 
lands, orchard grass is a fine hay 
grass, and also an excellent pasture 
grass. For permanent pasture, 
Ijrome grass (Bronms inermis) is a 
magnificent success all over tlv? 
wheat section, and it yields large 
crops of hay or seed the second 
and third seasons. Kentucky blue 
grass grows 3 feet high on moist 
low lands, and white clover thrives 
with it. Meadow fescue, Italian 
rve grass, and tall meadow oat 
grass, are all perfectly at home 
here. In fact there is no trouble to 
raise plenty of tame grasses. 

One of the first questions an 

Eastern farmer asks about this 

country is, "Can you grow corn?" 
On the upland prairies v>{ Kastern 
Washington, where the altitude is 
over 2000 feet, it hardly pays to grow 



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And the Fauioiis Paloiise Counlry 15 

corn for grain on land that will grow 60 bushels of barley to the acre. 

- But more cow feed can be grown per acre with corn 

°^" °*' right here than with any other crop. We have grown 

Fodder. ^^^^^ every year since 1893, and have never failed to get 

our silo full of first-class ensilage. The smallest yield we ever had 

was 10 tons of silage per acre. 

Livestock in the Palouse Country* 

There is no question that we have here a magnificent livestock and 
dairy country, unexcelled anywhere. Mr. Wing said of it: "In all 




Palace Hotel, PiiUmaii, Wash., Theo. T. Davis, Troprittor. 
the long journeys I have made, I have never seen anything that 
seemed to me to have the natural advantages forluim m life and occu- 
pation than this Palouse country has. The only uncultivated land is 
along the lower slopes where the rocks may outcrop. The soil is dark 
brown. It is rich. It is immensely rich. It seems hardly affected 
by the twenty years of cropping, as yet, and the ci op is wheat. It 
seems to me that here is the best place to build ;i stock fiirm that I 
have seen on this trip." [Mr. Wing, when he was at Pullman, had 



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just passed through California and Oregon.] 

Dr. E. N. Hutchinson, inspector in charge of the work of the Bureau 
of Animal Industry at Portland, Oregon, says that the section between 
the Cascades and the Rockies produces the healthiest mutton in the 
world, the sheep being freer from parasitic diseases than anywhere 
else in the country; and he ought to know, for he inspects the carcass 
of every animal slaughtered at Portland. 

The System or Farming: for the Palouse Country* 

The system of crops best adapted for a livestock farm in the vicinity 
of Pullman would be about as follows, i6o acres being taken as a basis: 

Reserve ten acres for yard, barnyard, garden, orchard and runs for 
calves, pigs and chickens. Seed down to permanent pasture the low- 
est portions of the farm, say 25 acres, using timothy, red top, blue 
grass, meadow fescue, Italian rye grass, red clover and white clover as 
a mixture. Divide the remaining 125 acres into five fields as nearly 
equal in area as the configuration of the land will justify. On these 
five fields grow a rotation of wheat, timothy and clover, timothy and 
clover (2nd year), oats and pease (for hay), corn and potatoes. About 
one-third of the manure should be plowed in in early spring on the 
field that is that year to be sown to timothy and clover, the remaining 
two-thirds to be put on the 2nd year timothy and clover sod and 
plowed under in the fall before sowing pease and oats in the spring. 
With this system any one field will be in wheat one year in five, fol- 
lowed by two years in grass, one in pease and oats, and one in culti- 
vated crops. The rotation maybe varied by replacing part or all the 
wheat with barley, flax, rye, oats, or spelt. Any of these last named 
may also replace the oats and pease, and be used either for grain or 
hay as convenience may require. Corn and potatoes may, as occasion 
requires, be replaced by sugar beets, or root crops for sheep and 
cattle. 

The yields from such a system of cropping that a farmer may fairly 
expect, with good management, are about as follows: Wheat, 35 to 
45 bushels per acre; first year grass fields, abundant fall pasture; 2nd 
year grass field, 2 to 3>^ tons of hay per acre, with abundant pasture 
after haying; pease and oats, 2 to 4 tons of hay per acre \ox barley 60 
bushels, or oats 60 bushels); corn (for silage) 10 to 15 tons per acre; 
potatoes 150 to 300 bushels per acre; carrots or mangels, 20 tons; sugar 



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beets, lo to 12 tons per acre. 

Such a farm would raise feed for 26 milk cows, with the necessary 
complement of horses, young cattle, hogs, sheep, and chickens. Two 




Artesian Hotel, I'lilliiian, Wash., M. C. True, I'ropr. 

men could do practically all the work on such a farm except the 
threshing. 

The above yields are not fanciful, but are taken from the actual ex- 
periences of a farm run on this system at Pullman. 

(The above article was written for this pamphlet by Prof. W. J. Spillinan, profess- 
or of agriculture, of the State Agricultural College and School of Science, Pullman.) 



J 8 Pullman, lVashi7iglon 



Facts About the Palouse Country. 



Tornadoes, cyclones and heavy thunder storms are un- 
known . 

Fleas and mosquitoes have not yet found the Palouse 
country. 

Small fruits? They are in their natural element in the 
Palouse country. 

It is difficult to find a quarter section that does not have 
on it one or more fine springs. 

No irrigation required. All grains, fruits and vegetables 
grow to perfection without it. 

Palouse fruit is noted for its fine flavor, being much better 
in this respect than fruit from Oregon or California. 

Both winter and spring wheat are grown, and harvest 
commences about July 15th, continuing till October ist. 

The sugar beet grown in Palouse soil has no superior. 
and finds ready market at a good price at the Waverl}^ fac- 
tory. 

Such apples grow no where else in the world. They 
are free from worms, and flavor and keeping qualities are the 
best. 

Wood is generally used for fuel, the timbered mountains 
a few miles to the east furnishing an abundant and cheap 
supply. 

Palouse farms are all well watered, there being numerous 
living springs, and artesian water being found at a depth of 
from 80 to 120 feet. 

The record crop of wheat, 10 1 bushels from a single acre, 
was grown by E. J. Northcutt near Pullman. You saw this 
wheat at the world's fair. * 



Afid the Famous Palouse Country ig 

The Palouse soil requires no fertilizer, wheat averaging 25 
to 50 bushels, oats 40 to 100 bushels, and barley 30 to 60 
bushels per acre without it. 

The Palouse valley is a prairie country, but there is an 
abundance of timber to the east, the timber line being twelve 
miles from Pullman. The price of four-foot w^ood in the 
timber is $1.50 per cord. 

The various grasses and leguminous plants flourish, and 
dair3dng is making rapid strides, promising to become one 
of the leading industries of this section. In our short open 
winters stock requires but little feeding. 

From a patch of ground 50x120 feet, within the cit}' of 
Pullman, S. Shearer during the past season sold 656 full 
quarts of luscious berries, realizing therefrom $65.65. This 
was in addition to the berries used by the famil}^, and 16 
gallons of preserves made. 

It would appear from what we already have, that Nature 
has given us more than our share, but from present indica- 
tions another great source of revenue is to be opened up. 
According to expert report large bodies of gas and oil under- 
lie the Palouse country. Machines are being brought in to 
prospect this section, and the coming season will find man}^ 
wells driven. 

The poultry industry offers great inducements. Egg§ find 
read sale the year round, the prices ranging from 15 cts. in 
summer to 40 cts. in winter, the average being about 25 cts. 
per dozen. At the last show of the Whitman county poultry 
association, held in Pullman during the last winter, upwards 
of 1000 birds were exhibited, the number including some 
blue-blooded and high scoring fowls. 




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PULLMAN 

In the heart of this fertile region is located the city of 
Pullman, the railroad, commercial, educational and social 
center of the great Palouse country. 

Owing to the conformation of the countr}- "all roads lead 
to Pullman," and there is marketed here every 3'ear upwards 




Lrooking Kast on Main street, Pullman, Wash. 

of half a million bushels of grain, as well as immense quan- 
tities of fruits, vegetables, and other products. It has rail- 
roads, the Northern Pacific and the O. R. & N., leading in 
five directions, giving it unexcelled shipping facilities, and 
creating lively competition in the grain market, often raising 
the price of grain considerably over that of the surrounding 



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towns which are less favored with transportation lines. 

The Northern Pacific has also purchased right of wa}' for 
a "cut-off," running from Pullman to connect with the main 
line at Connell Junction, which will serve to greatly shorten 
the distance by rail to the Coast points, and which will cause 
the grain of the entire Palouse and Potlatch countries to find 
tide water market via. Pullman. 




Looking West on Main street, Pullman, Wash. 



Pullman is a substantiall}^ built cit}-, with handsome bus- 
iness blocks of brick, with graded and in many cases macad- 
amized streets, and well-kept sidewalks. Stocks of general 
merchandise are carried by Pullman merchants that would 
do credit to a city of 25,000 inhabitants, this being made 
possible by the large tributary country from which trade is 
drawn. 



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The public schools of the city are a source of great pride, 
being under the able superintendency of Prof. C. W. Bean, 
former state superintendent of public instruction, with a 
most capable corps of teachers. The school building is a 
handsome structure that cost over $30,000. 

Pullman has an excellent water system, under municipal 
management, and is lighted with electricity. 











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In climate and soil, and conformation of country, Nature 
was kind to Pullman, but one of her richest gifts, and one 
responsible in a great measure for the proverbial healthful- 
ness of the place, was artesian water. PVom 80 to 120 feet 
below the surface is a basin of the purest of cold artesian 
water, that gushes forth wherever tapped, and fourteen wells 
are already flowing within the city, some ot which have been 
flowing for ten years, and show nodecrea.se in volume. The 



And the Fain jus Paloiise Count rv 



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water is strongly mineralized, and has pronounced health- 
giving properties. 

In home and social life Pullman is a place of considerable 
attractions. The social atmosphere is extremely pleasant, 
the people being genial-hearted and friendly. It is a town 
of comfortable and attractive homes; hospitality is one of its 
virtues, and social gatherings are among its leading enjoy- 




First National Bank Building, Pallman, Wash. 

ments. It is the universal verdict of its visitors that there 
are few communities where the people respond more readily 
to the social instincts, or where newcomers can so soon find 
congenial friendships. When one considers how large a 
place in the comfort and happiness of life the matters of 
neighborly cordiality and social enjoyment hold, it will be 
realized that residence in a town where these claims are 



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honored as they are in Pullman becomes a very pleasant 
thing. Warm-heartedness is a characteristic of its people, 
who are always ready to extend a welcome to strangers, and 
a share in the pleasures of its social life to the newcomers 
among its population. 

As is usual almost everywhere, the churches form, to a 
considerable degree, the centres of the social life of the peo- 




State Bank Building, Pullman, Wash. 

pie. Religious institutions exist not merely to enlarge the 
society of Heaven, but also to add to the advantages and en- 
joyments of the social life on earth. Pullman has six 
churches. They are the Baptist, Christian, Congregational, 
Protestant Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, and United Pres- 
byterian. There are also occasional services at stated per- 
iods under the auspices of the Roman Catholics and Euth- 



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erans. The city, it will be seen, is well supplied with 
churches, and they are hard-working and helpful institutions. 
The Sunday schools are well-organized and zealous in their 
care of the children. There are flourishing societies for the 
young people. In fact every religious institution which one 
is accustomed to meet with elsewhere is to be found here,. 




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Administration Building, State Agricultural College and School of Science. 



working in the cause of social and moral betterment. Pull- 
man is a pleasant place in which to live; and it is also a safe 
place. With its social and educational and religious advan- 
tages, it would be difficult to find a more attractive place for 
settlement in the West than is offered here. 

Pullman is the seat of the State Agricultural College, Ex- 
periment Station and School of Science. This is one of the 



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largest colleges in the Pacific Northwest. Though but eight 
years old, it has a faculty of thirty-five, and a membership 
of five hundred students. It has eight principal buildings, 
besides its farm buildings. It is under the management of 
Enoch A. Bryan as president. It offers the following colle- 
giate departments of study and the following schools: 





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Science Hall, State AgriculturarCollege and School of Science. 



Department of Mathematics and Civil Engineer- 
ing, including— r^j Mathematics; (b) Civil Engineering. 
Department of Chemistry. 
Department of Botany and Zoology. 
Department of Agriculture. 
Department of Horticulture. 
Department of English Language and Literature. 



And the Fa)iious Paloiisc CoiDitrv 



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Department of Economic Science and History. 

Department of Mechanical Engineering, including 
— (a) Electrical Engineering; (b) Steam Engineering; (c) 
Water Power Development. 

Department of Modern Languages, including— C«> 
German; (b) French; (r) Spanish. 

Department of Mining Engineering. 





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Ferry Hall, State Agricultural College and School of Science. 



Department of Military Science and Tactics. 
Courses of instruction supplemental to the work of the fore- 
going departments are oifered as follows: 
Course in Physics. 

Course in Geology and Mineralogy. 
Course in Latin. 
Course in Education. 



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Pulhnan, IVashitigton 



School of Agriculture (three years). 

School of Dairying. 

School of Pharmacy. 

School of Veterinary Science. 

School of Business. 

School for Artisans. 

Short Course in Assaying and Mining (twelve weeks). 




Stevens Hall, State Agricultural College and School of Science. 

Preparatory School (three years). 

There are 250 acres of land in the college farm and cam- 
pus. The college receives $25,000 a year from the United 
States, and the Experiment Station $15,000 a year. It also 
receives appropriations from the state. Its buildings and 
apparatus are worth more than a quarter of a million of 
dollars. 



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A few Prices* 

The following are prices of a few- 
staples in Pullman: 

Country Butter, per lb 20 cts. 

Creamery Butter per lb 35 cts. 

Cream Cheese per lb.... 18 to 20 cts. 
Flour, best patent, 50-lb sk...75 cts. 
Dried Peaches, per lb. ...6 to 10 cts. 

Dried Apples per lb 5 to 8 cts. 

Dried Prunes per lb 6cts. 

Hams and Breakfast Bacon per lb. 

12 to I5cts. 

vShoulders per lb 10 cts. 

Lard per lb nets. 

Sugar, granulated, per lb 7 cts. 

Sugar, Ex. C, per lb 6>< cts. 

Potatoes per sack 60 cts. 

Eggs per dozen ..15 to 40 cts. 

Canned corn, tomatoes, etc., per 

can locts. 

Arbuckles Coffee per lb 15 cts. 

Green and black Teas per lb 

40 to 75 cts. 

Barbed Wire per cwt $A-^5- 

Prints per yard 4 to sets. 

Amoskeag Ginghams per yd. 6 14 cts. 
Unbleached Muslin per yd. 5 to 8 cts. 
Bleached Muslin per yd... 6 to 10 cts. 
Lumber, rough boxing, per M...|ir. 
Lumber, finishing, per M 

$18 to $25. 

Shingles per M 12.00. 




Group of rullnian rtsickncts. 



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Pulbnan, Washington 




Congregational Church. 

Kpiscopal Church. 

United Presbyterian Cluirch. 



Pullman Has 

2 Banks. 

3 Hotels. 

4 Doctors. 
2 Dentists. 
2 Bakeries. 

5 Lawyers. 

6 Churches. 
2 Tin shops. 

1 Feed store. 

2 Drug stores. 

3 Cigar stores. 
Electric lights. 
2 Barber shops. 
I Lumber \^ard. 
I Flouring mill. 

1 Harness shop. 

2 Meat markets. 
2 Grocery stores. 

2 Jewelry stores. 

3 Livery Stables. 
I Machine Shop. 
I Bottling works. 
I Furniture store. 
14 Artesian wells. 

1 Hardware store. 

2 Millinery stores. 
I Steam Laundr3^ 

4 Blacksmith shops. 
I Second-hand store. 

I Confectionery store. 
I Photograph gallery. 



And the Famous Palouse Country 




Good sidewalks. 

2 Implement houses. 

Railroads in five directions. 

1 News and stationery store. 

4 General merchandise stores. 

Graded, macadamized streets. 

Magnificent public school sys- 
tem. 

State Agricultural College, and 
School of Science. 

The best opera house in East- 
ern Washington. 

Seven mammoth grain ware- 
houses and elevators. 

2 Newspapers, — The Herald, 
the pioneer paper, established 
i888, and The Tribune, estab- 
lished 1891. 



Methodist Church. 
Baptist Church. 
Christian Church. 



Pullman Needs 

Saw mill. 

Box factory. 

Planing mill. 

Iron foundr}'. 

Starch factor3\ 

Beet sugar factory. 

Cold storage plant. 

Commission house. 

Linseed oil factor3^ 

Straw board factory. 

Nursery and green house. 

Fruit and vegetable cannerj- 
and evaporator. 



LIBRRRY Of- CUNbRbbb 




